[Lucky McLuckerson]

....VS

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Date - Wednesday, May 17 2017
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs BST
Venue - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

League standings and form guide

6. Manchester United : WDDLL

9. Southampton : LDDLW


Previous Meetings

Manchester United 2 : 0 Southampton

Manchester United 0 : 1 Southampton

Southampton 2 : 3 Manchester United

Manchester United 0 : 1 Southampton

Southampton 1 : 2 Manchester United


All-Time Record

Manchester United wins - 51
Southampton wins - 25
Draws - 23


Pre-Match Pressers

José Mourinho




Claude Puel




Team News

Manchester United

Timothy Fosu-Mensah (shoulder injury), Luke Shaw (ankle injury), Marcos Rojo (knee ligament injury), Ashley Young (hamstring injury), Zlatan Ibrahimović (knee ligament injury), Daley Blind (rested) and Paul Pogba (personal reasons) ruled out. Marouane Fellaini available after suspension.


Southampton

Virgil van Dijk (foot ligament injury) and Alex McCarthy (hamstring injury) ruled out.


Know the opposition

Southampton Football Club (nicknamed The Saints) are a professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England; and were founded in 1885 by members of St Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association. Southampton play their home games at St. Mary's Stadium, and were one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992. The club has a long-standing sporting rivalry with Portsmouth in a match termed the South Coast Derby or the Hampshire Derby. In recent years, Southampton has received praise for employing an attractive brand of football under Mauricio Pochettino and more recently, Ronald Koeman, and having the best youth system on English soil - which has produced the likes of Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana; apart from current Manchester United leftback, Luke Shaw.


Referee

Mike Dean.​

 

[Samid]

EL final rehearsal imo. Play the best XI.

 

[Android1974]

EL final rehearsal imo. Play the best XI.

Should be, with some exceptions.

 

[Damien]

EL final rehearsal imo. Play the best XI.

Definitely play the first choice defence at least anyway along with Romero.

 

[Ban]

We should test a CB for EL final. Don't have an idea who should we play.

 

[charlenefan]

Team should be...

---------------De Gea---------------
Tuanzebe--Bailly--Jones--Darmian
-------Carrick-------Fellaini-------
Mata---------Rooney---------Lingard
---------------Martial---------------

Subs: Romero, Smalling, Blind, Valencia, Herrera, Rashford, Mkhitaryan

 

[VorZakone]

Too much rest can result in losing match rhythm. Most of the XI should be players who'll start vs Ajax.

 

[Zoo]

Get back to winning ways and some positive momentum.

 

[Randall Flagg]

feck

I somehow forgot about this game

Had it in my head next game was palace

 

[Damien]

Romero
Tuanzebe Smalling* Blind Darmian
Herrera Fellaini
Mkhitaryan Mata Rooney
Martial​

*whoever of Smalling/Jones is to start in final

7 of the 11 starters should do the trick, with Valencia, Pogba, Lingard and Rashford getting a bit more rest and maybe the latter three coming off the .

 

[Sammyjunn]

0 wins in the last 4, doesnt matter if we rest players but that just isnt good enough. I know the league doesnt really matter but potentially not winning one match in 6 wouldnt do any good to United's chances at beating Ajax.

 

[DizeeGorilla20]

Players and manager won't be up for it. (Which is pathetic). Southampton will want revenge for the League Cup final. So I don't see anything but another loss. Our 3rd on the spin in PL.

 

[top1whoisman]

Blind confirmed to be rested. Started 6 of our last 7 matches.

 

[AgentP]

De Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Darmian
Herrera
Fellaini Pogba
Mkhi Rashford Martial​

 

[Gerald G]

De Gea
Bailly--Smalling--Jones--Darmian
Herrera--Fellaini
Mata--Mkhitaryan--Martial
Rashford

subs: Romero, Tuanzebe, Blind, McTominay, Carrick, Lingard, Rooney​

 

[el3mel]

Think we'll win this game 1 - 0 or something like that.

Keep the reserves going.

De Gea
Bailly - Smalling - Jones - Blind
Carrick - Fellaini
Lingard - Mata - Martial
Rooney​

 

[Jacko21]

Christ, not another game.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Another pointless game, just end the league season early, haha.

--------------------DDG----------------------
Tuanzebe-----Bailly----Jones--------Darmian
-------------------Carrick---------------------
----------Herrera---------Fellaini-------------
Mata-------------------------------Martial
-----------------Rooney-----------------------

Southampton 1 - 1 Man United
Mata.

 

[cyberman]

Blind needs a rest while Rashford probably needs a start.
We might see Jose try out his final side, its not often you get a free trial run

 

[zlatan_ish]

Team should be...

---------------De Gea---------------
Tuanzebe--Bailly--Jones--Darmian
-------Carrick-------Fellaini-------
Mata---------Rooney---------Lingard
---------------Martial---------------

Subs: Romero, Smalling, Blind, Valencia, Herrera, Rashford, Mkhitaryan

Mkhitaryan should be starting as he will definitely start in EL final.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Romero
Tuanzebe Smalling* Blind Darmian
Herrera Fellaini
Mkhitaryan Mata Rooney
Martial​

*whoever of Smalling/Jones is to start in final

7 of the 11 starters should do the trick, with Valencia, Pogba, Lingard and Rashford getting a bit more rest and maybe the latter three coming off the .

Just reading that makes me nervous.

 

[Hammerfell]

Can we not just skip this game?

 

[paulscholes18]

Romero
Valencia Smalling Blind Darmian
Herrera Fellaini
Mkhitaryan Mata Martial
Rashford

 

[VivaObertan]

Think it'll be the cup final team but with Bailly instead of Blind.

---------------------Romero
Valencia----Smalling----Bailly----Darmian
---------------Herrera----Fellaini
Mata-----------------Pogba------------Martial
----------------------Rashford

 

[Sassy Colin]

Well it's no good losing the last 2 matches, we need to go into the final with a winning mentality

 

[Morpheus 7]

Hope for no injuries, think we need to play the defensive pair that we'll be playing for the final. What a nothing game.

 

[Zoo]

Players and manager won't be up for it. (Which is pathetic). Southampton will want revenge for the League Cup final. So I don't see anything but another loss. Our 3rd on the spin in PL.

So you say something that hasn't even happened is pathetic.

 

[Android1974]

Hope Jones gets picked ahead of Smalling, he's overall a better player and the center-back I would pick for the final. But he needs to pick up form quickly.

 

[2 man midfield]

Dress rehearsal. I'd go:

--------------Romero--------------
Valencia-Smalling-Blind-Darmian
----------Fellaini-Herrera---------
Mkhitaryan---Mata--------Martial
-------------Rashford-------------

 

[JustAFan]

It will be a rather flat performance by us is my prediction but I am going out on a limb.

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Seems odd to pile up so many exhibition matches before a European final. Must be some rationale for it though.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Going to be another unwatchable borefest.

The 24th can't come fast enough.

 

[LeftyBlaster]

Hard to give a feck

 

[top1whoisman]

Mike Dean will be the ref for this one.

 

[GrandJury]

Play the youths. If we're going to lose, let's lose with giving them minutes.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Going to be another unwatchable borefest.

The 24th can't come fast enough.

Judging by the bile you spew in matchday threads it's probably best that you take your own advice on this one.

 

[top1whoisman]

Play the youths. If we're going to lose, let's lose with giving them minutes.

I think we'll play a few, but give some much needed match practice to Jones, Smalling, Mata etc.

DDG
Tuanzebe-Bailly-Jones-Darmian
Pogba/Herrera-Fellaini
Mata-Mkhitaryan-Rooney
Martial​

Against Palace it'll probably be something like (hoping that Jones starts with Blind in the final):

Pereira
Olosunde-Bailly-Smalling-Tuanzebe
Carrick-McTominay
Mitchell-Rooney-Willock
Gribbin/Bohui
​

Perhaps wishful thinking re: Gribbin/Bohui, but still...

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Not gonna bother watching this one. I'll get home from work about 5mins before kickoff and I'm up at 5am the following day, so could do with an early night. Plus, it's gonna be a paint-drying non event.

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

We'll get back on track in this one.

1-1

 

[oLeSoLsKjAeR20]

Just reading that makes me nervous.

Same here. I always find myself wondering how the feck a club of this stature has ended up with this calibre of defence. Shocking. Just hope Jose has good replacements lined up for the summer